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The 118th Congress has been chaotic in many ways, so perhaps it’s unsurprising that Congress is on the brink of missing a government funding deadline Friday at midnight.
Lawmakers are back to the drawing board on a year-end funding package after President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that Republicans should scrap a stopgap funding measure, first unveiled Tuesday, in favor of a slimmed-down version.